Alfred Schnittke (Composer)
Born: 24th November 1934, Engels, Russia
Died: 3rd August 1998, Hamburg, Germany
Nationality: German Soviet
Alfred Garrievich Schnittke was a Soviet and German composer.
Schnittke's early music shows the strong influence of Dmitri Shostakovich. He developed a polystylistic technique in works such as the epic Symphony No. 1 (1969–1972) and his first concerto grosso (1977). In the 1980s, Schnittke's music began to become more widely known abroad with the publication of his second (1980) and third (1983) string quartets and the String Trio (1985); the ballet Peer Gynt (1985–1987); the third (1981), fourth (1984), and fifth (1988) symphonies; and the viola concerto (1985) and first cello concerto (1985–1986).
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Interview,
Leonard Elschenbroich on Musica Nostalgica
The German cellist talks to Katherine about his disc of Schnittke, released on Onyx last month.
Recording of the Week,
Schnittke from Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
James listens to Alfred Schnittke's bold, polystylistic Third Symphony, performed by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Vladimir Jurowski.
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Popular Works: Schnittke
- A Paganini for violin solo (17)
- Canon in memoriam Igor Stravinsky for string quartet (9)
- Cello Concerto No. 1 (10)
- Cello Sonata No. 1 (41)
- Cello Sonata No. 2 (10)
- Concerto for Choir (12)
- Concerto for Piano & Strings (1979) (12)
- Concerto Grosso No. 1 (12)
- Concerto Grosso No. 2 for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (5)
- Concerto Grosso No. 3 (4)
- Epilogue from the ballet Peer Gynt, for cello, piano and tape (7)
- Five Aphorisms (7)
- Fugue for solo violin (7)
- Gratulationsrondo (6)
- Improvisation and Fugue (5)
- Klingende Buchstaben for solo cello (1988) (8)
- Madrigal in memoriam Oleg Kagan for violin solo (4)
- Moz-Art à la Haydn (8)
- Musica nostalgica (12)
- Piano Quartet (6)
- Piano Quintet, Op. 108 (13)
- Prelude in memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich (8)
- Requiem (6)
- Sonata for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (10)
- Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano (22)
- Sonata No. 2 (Quasi una Sonata) for violin and piano (14)
- Sonata No. 3 for violin & piano (7)
- Stille Musik for violin and cello (6)
- Stille Nacht for Violin & Piano (10)
- String Quartet No. 2 (5)
- String Quartet No. 3 (18)
- String Quartet No. 4 (1989) (6)
- String Trio (16)
- Suite in the Old Style (24)
- Three Sacred Hymns (12)
- Trio for violin, cello & piano (8)
- Trio Sonata for chamber orchestra (6)
- Viola Concerto (9)
- Violin Concerto No. 3 (6)
- Voices of Nature, for ten women's voices & vibraphone (6)
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